2021 Lean Construction Education Program Sessions

September 1st. In the construction process, the work we do is all connected and variation in even one of those processes affects us all. This course provides tools to help participants recognize sources of variation on their own projects, examine variation’s effect on operations, and mitigate the effects of variation in their everyday work.

September 1st. After completion of this course, participants will have the ability to compare batch-and-queue and continuous-flow production systems, distinguish push systems from pull systems, describe the impact of pull on production systems, and explain pull strategies in construction operations.

Within construction, we all strive to plan our projects in a way that produces predictable workflow and continuous improvement. This course provides participants with the tools needed to apply Lean Workstructuring principles within The Last Planner® System.

This course shows how to conduct make-ready and weekly work planning sessions. Participants will learn how to apply LPS on a project and how to calculate, track and analyze percent plan completion for a project.

Unit 5 will examine the use of lean supply chain practices to eliminate waste through the creation of efficient methods for procurement of materials and equipment and the use of lean assembly practices to find ways of assembling things in the most efficient way possible—either on site or off site.

Unit 6 will explain the concepts of value-based management, lean in the design process, and relational contracting. Objectives include distinguishing between varying definitions for design, defining value and methods to maximize, and differentiate between traditional project methods and lean design.

The last unit in the series describes the Lean Problem Solving Process and illustrates how to use tools to solve problems in a lean manner.